Thursday 14 November 2013

"Just know who is Krishna and that is sufficient."

Balavanta Dasa recalls a Sunday feast given by Srila Prabhupada in Atlanta, which at the time was right in the middle of the Christian belt. Many Christians attended the Sunday Feast.

Srila Prabhupada gave a lecture on Christianity and had declared that Christ is our guru.

There was a fellow in the audience who was very much into the Sikhs; at the end of the class he asked, "What happens to the followers of Guru Nanak Srila Prabhupada?
Srila Prabhupada replied, "The followers of Guru Nanak are indeed fortunate."

Another fellow in the audience named Peter, was one those seekers who had studied a lot of different books. He asked, "Srila Prabhupada, who is Mera Baba?"

Srila Prabhupada retorted, "I do not know. There are so many bogus babas. Just know who is Krishna and that is sufficient.

Balavanta Prabhu remarked that Peter had been very hard to handle so far. The devotees had been preaching to him but he had proved to be very resilient.
But at that very moment, Peter surrendered to Srila Prabhupada. He eventually took initiation and Srila Prabhupada named him Parampara Dasa.

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